4th Grade sjs

Aug. 17 - Open House 5:30-6:30 PM

Aug. 19 - First Day of School 🎒

Aug. 23 - Back to School Picnic @ 11:30am in the parking lot 🌭

Religion: 

These first two weeks we'll be reviewing Kid of Christ behaviors, mass expectations, classroom procedures, etc.

Social Studies: 

This week we will jump right in to learning about South Dakota and its regions. 

Science:

We will set some expectations of each other and ourselves to help us all have a successful year in science. Then these 4th grade inventors will be introduced to the surprisingly important role of "failure" in the process of devloping soluations to problems. 

Math:

We'll start off the school year by warming up our brains with adding money. During the first full week, students will start the first unit and learn about numbers being ten times bigger, different number forms and comparing numbers.

To help make learning 4th grade math concepts a little easier, I’d like students to build confidence with their multiplication facts. During the first month or so of school, students will be asked to practice their multiplication facts each week. We will spend some time practicing in class, but the majority of the practice should be completed at home. Regular practice will help students become more fluent with their facts and feel more confident as we move into more challenging math concepts. 

Language Arts:  

The first few days of school, we will be going over and practicing our Language Arts routines. Fourth graders will discuss what it means to pick a just right book. They will be choosing just right books during our book tasting on Friday! Next week, we will begin our first novel, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume.  

*This year, students will participate in our Reading Passport Adventure! Instead of traditional reading logs, students will complete monthly reading challenges, explore different genres, and earn stamps or stickers in their Reading Passports. Students will also complete brief book check-ins to share ratings, recommendations, and favorite parts of books they have finished. As a class, we will work together toward reading goals and celebrate our progress throughout the year.

*Please sign the assignment book daily.

*If you would like to come to lunch, please call the office before noon the day before.  We will only be accepting 7 visitors for each lunch due to space.

*Please send a note if a student brings cough drops to school.

*Please send a note if you know your student will be missing a day of school.